OutlookSoft Partner in Microsoft DWA 2000

OutlookSoft Corporation, www.outlooksoft.com, a leading provider of Web-based analytic solutions and professional services, announced that it has been awarded partner-level status in the Microsoft Data Warehouse Alliance 2000 (DWA2000). OutlookSoft's membership in the DWA2000 reinforces its leadership by leveraging Microsoft's analytic platform to deliver the industry's next generation, Internet-based, enterprise budgeting and performance analysis application.

OutlookSoft Everest, which enables organizations to transform their lengthy and cumbersome budgeting processes into a dynamic, flexible management tool, supports Microsoft's Data Warehousing Framework at the highest level possible. The Microsoft Data Warehousing Framework provides organizations with all the benefits of a full-featured, integrated data warehousing platform - Microsoft SQL Server OLAP Services and Microsoft Office - while offering the broadest choice and flexibility to IT professionals seeking specialized, best-of-breed applications and scalability.

"We are pleased to receive the highest level of participation in the Microsoft Data Warehouse Alliance," says Craig Schiff, president and CEO of OutlookSoft. "With OutlookSoft Everest, and its alignment with Microsoft's DWA2000, we are delivering a powerful, scalable, Internet-based budgeting and performance analysis solution that combines breakthrough budgeting functionality with the latest advances in technology."

"By embracing the Data Warehouse Alliance 2000 standards, OutlookSoft Everest extends the power of SQL Server and the business intelligence functionality of Office 2000 to corporate budgeting and performance analysis," says Andrew Hoover, Microsoft's industry marketing manager for data warehousing/business intelligence. "As a DWA2000 partner, OutlookSoft is enabled to bring its clients best-of-breed data warehousing, business intelligence, and analytic applications on the Microsoft platform."

About OutlookSoft Everest

Built on OutlookSoft's eTechnology, Everest is an Internet-based enterprise budgeting and performance analysis solution that allows users to retain the use of native Excel spreadsheets while maintaining the control of a centrally administrated OLAP database. Everest enables organizations to build "actionable budgets" that reflect corporate strategy and establish both commitment and responsibility from all individuals involved. Using Everest, organizations can leverage the Internet to transform their lengthy and cumbersome budgeting processes into dynamic, flexible management tools that guide them in achieving their corporate goals.

About OutlookSoft Corporation

Founded by industry veterans, OutlookSoft Corporation is the provider of groundbreaking, Internet-based, analytic application software, including enterprise budgeting and performance analysis. The company helps its clients dramatically improve corporate performance by extending the scalability, flexibility, and accessibility of the Internet to financial analytic applications. OutlookSoft is located in Stamford, Conn. and can be reached by phone at 203-964-3100 or via the Internet at www.outlooksoft.com.

Contact OutlookSoft Corporation Jacques Wagemaker, 203-964-3100, no. 16 jwagemaker@outlooksoft.com.